The State Department of Energy shall by rule establish all of the following criteria:
(1) For a high-performance home, the minimum design and construction standards that must be met or exceeded for a dwelling to be considered a high-performance home, including but not limited to standards for the building envelope, HVAC systems, lighting, appliances, water conservation measures, use of sustainable building materials and on-site renewable energy systems. The criteria must also establish the minimum reduction in estimated net purchased energy that a dwelling must achieve to be considered a high-performance home.
(2) For a homebuilder-installed renewable energy system, the minimum performance and efficiency standards that a solar electric system, solar domestic water heating system, passive solar space heating system, wind power system, geothermal heating system, fuel cell system or other system utilizing renewable resources must achieve to be considered a homebuilder-installed renewable energy system.
(3) For a high-efficiency combined heat and power facility, the minimum performance and efficiency standards that the facility must achieve to be considered a high-efficiency combined heat and power facility.
(4) For a renewable energy resource equipment manufacturing facility, standards relating to the type of equipment, machinery or other products being manufactured and related performance and efficiency standards applicable to the manufactured products. [2007 c.843 §22]
Note: See note under 469.185.
Section: Previous 469.172 469.175 469.176 469.180 469.185 469.190 469.195 469.197 469.200 469.205 469.206 469.207 469.208 469.210 469.215 NextLast modified: August 7, 2008